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Ntozake Shange, ‘For Colored Girls’ Playwright, Dies at 70
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Renowned poet and playwright Ntozake Shange died on Saturday, according to an online post on behalf of her family on Twitter. She was 70.

Shange was best known for her Obie-winning choreopoem “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” which was first produced Off Broadway in 1975 and then transferred to Broadway.

Ntozake Shange
@NtozakeShange1
To our extended family and friends, it is with sorrow that we inform you that our loved one, Ntozake Shange, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning of October 27, 2018. Memorial information / details will follow at a later date.
The family of Ntozake Shange

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In 2010, director Tyler Perry adapted a big-screen version with an all-star cast that included Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Thandie Newton, Kerry Washington and Macy Gray.

Shange passed away in her sleep, according to the Star-Tribune.